descend
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descend |
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advance, alight, ascend, assault, attack, back, back up, bank, be shamed, budge, cant, careen, cascade, cataract,
change, change hands, change ownership, change place, circle, climb, climb down, collapse, come down, come in, condescend, crash-land, crash, decline, degenerate, deign, derogate, descend on, devolve, dip, dip down, disimprove, disintegrate, ditch, down, downwind, drop, drop down, drop off, ebb, fall, fall away, fall down, fall into disrepute, fall off, flow, get down, get over, go, go around, go down, go downhill, go round, go sideways, go uphill,
grade, gravitate, gyrate, head, incline, incur discredit, incur disesteem, incur disgrace, invade,
keel, land, lead, lean, level off, light, list, lose altitude, lose caste,
lose countenance, lose credit, lose face, lower, lower oneself, mount, move, move over, overshoot, pancake, parachute, pass on, pitch, plummet, plunge,
point, pounce, pounce on,
pounce upon, pour down, precipitate, progress, rain, rake, regress, retreat, retrograde, retrogress, rise, rot, rotate, run, settle, settle down, shelve, shift, sidle,
sink, slant, slope, soar, spin, stir, stoop, stream, subside, succeed, swag,
sway, swoop, swoop down on,
swoop down upon, talk down, tend, tend to go, tilt, tip, touch down, travel, trend downward,
uprise, upwind, vouchsafe, wane, whirl, worsen
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descend upon |
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alight upon, ambush, assail, assault, attack, blitz, bushwhack, come at,
come down on, crack down on, descend on, drop on, fall on, fall upon,
gang up on, go at, go for, harry, have at, hit, hit like lightning, hit upon, jump, land on, lay at, lay hands on, lay into, light into,
light upon, mug, pitch into, pounce upon, pound, sail into, set on, set
upon, settle on, strike, strike upon, surprise, swoop down on, take the offensive, wade into
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Main entries similar to: descend
advance, alight, ascend, back, back up, bank, budge, cant,
careen, cascade, cataract, change, circle, climb, collapse, come
down, come in, condescend, crash, decline, degenerate, deign, deteriorate, devolve, dip, disintegrate, ditch, dive, down,
drop, drop off, ebb, fall, fall away, fall off, flow, get,
get over, go, go around, go down, grade, gravitate, gyrate, head, incline, keel, land, lapse, lead, lean, light, list,
lower, mount, move, overshoot, pancake, parachute, pass on, pitch, plummet, plunge, point, pounce, precipitate, progress, rain, rake, regress, retreat,
retrograde, retrogress, rise, rot, rotate, run, set, settle, settle down, shelve, shift, shower, sidle, sink, slant, slope, slump, soar, spin,
stem, stir, stoop, stream, submerge, subside, succeed, swag,
sway, swoop, talk down, tend, tilt, tip, travel, tumble, uprise, upwind, vouchsafe, wane, whirl, worsen
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